The Portland daily press., 1887-05-16
GENERAL NEWS.

Sol Smith Russell. the well-known actor,
is to leave the stage to go into mercantile
pursuits.
James Jones, colored, was hanged at Tex
arkana, Ark, Saturday, for the murder of
Kate Hicks last August Two thousand peo-
pie witnessed the hanging.
."he boiler OF the Richmond, Va, Paper
urday night, killing j. G. Mettert and Peter
Price.
A public meeting was held in Toronto
Saturday, in Queens Park, to protest
against o. 'Brien's act in coming to that city
for the purpose of exciting a hostile feeling
against the Governor-General 1t was at
tended by $1,000 people.
Queen Kapiolani and suite left Boston Sat
urday. The Queen intends to spend week
or ten days in New York, and thence pro-
ceed to London, to participate in Queen Vic
toria's jubilee celebration.
Two heavy seizures of smuggled opidm, es-
timated at 5000 pounds and worth $4,000,
were made Friday by custom house officers
on the dock of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company at San Francisco
The policemen are guarding Beecher's
body at Greenwood, there being fears of q
plot to steal the remains.
The annual report of the directors of the
Concord r. R., for the year ending March
81, 1887, shows gross receipts of 81, ,16e,S37
per cent. dividends were paid.
The Nelson Walling woolen mill at Bra
manyille, Mass, has burned. The loss is
100000.
Seven buildings at Groveland, Mass, were
burned Saturday; loss, $4,000.
Odd Fellows Hall at Needham, Mass,
was burned Saturday; loss $4,000.
The suit against ex-Treasurer Carter of
Pittsfield. Mass, has been withdrawn. His
shortage of $4,000 has been reduced to $1S,-
975
Fire destroyed S125,Ooo worth of poperty
at Quebec Friday.
Mrs. Catherine Road of Essex, VT, died
Saturday, aged 103 years and months.
Mrs. Nina Hodgkins of Laconia, N. H.,
committed suicide Saturday night
Chicago building trades are taking firm
stand against their employees.
The judges disagree in the long pending
insurance suit of General Sturm against
New York insurance companies.
William Ii. Sandford, of Washington,
Ind, killed his son, whom he mistook for a
burglar, while the lad was walking in his
sleep.
Frederick o. Prince, representative Of the
Indian Rights Association of New England,
Saturday had q conference with Secretary
Lamar at the latters request, upon the Sc
iecton OF proper persons to carry into effect
the ihdlan seyeralty law passed at the last
session OF Congress, preparations for which
are now being made. In addition to the
| special agents provided for in the act, the
New england Association will employ at its
the law is carried out.
Mr. Moody opened last week in Chicago
an i0E the instruction Of Christian
| workers IN scripture doctrines, church his
tory and methods of missionary ser,;oa rrhe
special work with and among the cbnrches is is
to be continued through the snmn,ar ,na 10
ihe h charge cha &c Of ON Major % Whtts There r are
hqs ad iar no fSat signs 1ya2d Of diminishing d interest
donned the blue ribbon since the neM Rt,nks, nske
meetings began. Mr.. Moody has secura16 i16nS y
site for his training school at the coruer u os 9
Ohio and ST. Clair streets-this in addit;ar 4a ~
J previous gifts of $4,000 for the school h'n W